Frequency and fluid effects on elastic properties of basalt: Experimental investigations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Adelinet, M ^a,b   Fortin, J ^a   Gueguen Y ^a   Schubnel, A ^a   Geoffroy, L ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; ELASTIC MODULI;

BIMODAL POROSITY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; OSCILLATION TEST; P- AND S-WAVES; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; SATURATED CONDITIONS;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 77958008600     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041660     Document Type: Article

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